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fiction:
- fictie; sprookje; fabel; verdichting; verzinsel; leugen; verdichtsel; bedenksel
Wiktionary:
- fiction → fictie
- fiction → uitvinding, voorstelling, vinding, bedenksel, uitvindsel, verzinsel

English

Detailed Translations for fiction from English to Dutch

fiction:

fiction [the ~] nom

the fiction (fib; fairytale; delusion; fable; story; old wive's tale)

– a deliberately false or improbable account ¹
de fictie; het sprookje; de fabel; de verdichting; het verzinsel; de leugen; het verdichtsel; het bedenksel
- fictie [de ~ (v)] nom
- sprookje [het ~] nom
- fabel [de ~] nom
- verdichting [de ~ (v)] nom
- verzinsel [het ~] nom
- leugen [de ~] nom
- verdichtsel [het ~] nom
- bedenksel [het ~] nom

Translation Matrix for fiction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bedenksel	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fabel	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fictie	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
leugen	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	cheating; deceit; deception; falsehood; fooling; lie; untruth
sprookje	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	fable; fairytale; story
verdichting	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
verdichtsel	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story	legend; myth; narration; story; tale
verzinsel	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
-	fable; fabrication

Related Words for "fiction":

fictions

Synonyms for "fiction":

literary composition; literary work
fabrication; fable; falsehood; falsity; untruth

Related Definitions for "fiction":

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact¹
a deliberately false or improbable account¹

Wiktionary Translations for fiction:

fiction

noun

invention
- fiction → fictie
literary type
- fiction → fictie

fiction

noun

niet op werkelijkheid berustende voorstelling die men als uitgangspunt aanneemt
- fictie → fiction

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• fiction	→ uitvinding; voorstelling; vinding; bedenksel; uitvindsel; verzinsel	↔ invention — disposition de l’esprit à inventer.

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University